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Date:      Fri, 4 Jun 2010 00:21:59 -0700
From:      Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>
To:        fbsdmail@dnswatch.com
Cc:        freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: When will the amd64 be supported?
Message-ID:  <20100604072158.GA81748@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>
In-Reply-To: <e501e716c438fbb733ee680279a26f56.dnswclient@www.dnswatch.com>
References:  <e501e716c438fbb733ee680279a26f56.dnswclient@www.dnswatch.com>

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On Fri, Jun 04, 2010 at 12:16:50AM -0700, fbsdmail@dnswatch.com wrote:
> Greetings,
>  If it isn't already apparent, this is my first attempt building kernel
> on an AMD based arch. I have spent some 20yrs building world/kernel on
> the arch i386. But, after reading everything I thought I would need to
> know, I'm /still/ unable to complete a successful kernel build on the
> amd64 arch.
> 
> cd /usr/src
> make buildkernel KERNCONF=MYAMDKERN
> fails: MYAMDKERN not found
> cd sys/amd64/
> config MYAMDKERN
> OK
> cd ../compile/MYAMDKERN
> make cleandepend && make depend
> fails with alot of "i386" errors
> 
> So, on a fresh 8-RELEASE install from DVD w/cvsupped src && ports, now
> running GENERIC, with a successful buildworld...
> Is it possible to build for the amd64 arch?
> 
> If so, can anyone suggest where I went wrong?
> 

What does uname -a return?

-- 
Steve



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